largely made up of colored people, among whom the death rate is much higher than among the white population. While no classification of deaths has been made as between white and colored in Table VI, it has been found possible to do so in the following series of short tables covering a number of cities having a large colored population. In these tables the figures for white and colored, as well as for total population upon which the results are based, are from the returns of the Twelfth Census. DEATHS AND DEATH RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION, BY CAUSE AND COLOR. a Including deaths from hydrocephalus. b Including deaths from encephalitis. c Including all deaths from convulsions and trismus. d Not including deaths from encephalitis nor from convulsions of others than infants. e Included in deaths from other diseases of circulatory system. fIncluding deaths from organic heart disease. g Including deaths from diarrhea and enteritis 2 years or over, peritonitis, and gastritis. h Included in deaths from diarrhea and enteritis under 2 years. iNot including deaths from gastritis. Included in deaths from other forms of tuberculosis. Included in deaths from infantile diseases. Including deaths from other malformations. |